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A chaperonin subunit with unique structures is essential for folding of a specific substrate.
PLoS biology - 1 Apr 2011
Peng Lianwei, Fukao Yoichiro, Myouga Fumiyoshi, Motohashi Reiko, Shinozaki Kazuo, Shikanai Toshiharu
Abstract excerpt
Type I chaperonins are large, double-ring complexes present in bacteria (GroEL), mitochondria (Hsp60), and chloroplasts (Cpn60), which are involved in mediating the folding of newly synthesized, translocated, or stress-denatured proteins. In Escherichia coli, GroEL comprises 14 identical subunits and has been exquisitely optimized to fold its broad range of substrates. However, multiple Cpn60 subunits with...
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